Ladle-carrier



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No. 417,491. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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JACOB KITZINGER, OF BUFFALQ'NEYV YORK.

LADLE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 417,491, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed April 10, 1889. serial No. 306,732. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB KITZINGER, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ladle-Oarrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved ladle-carrier for foundry use, which is simple and durable in construction and permits the molder to pour the metal without additional help.

The invention consists of a ball mounted to turn in a track laid in the foundry from the cupola to the molds and a cup held to turn on the said ball and carrying the ladle-support.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described hereinafter, and thenpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the improvement.- Fig.2 isa sectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the post.

The improvement is provided with a base A, extending from the cupola of the foundry to the molds. On this base A are erected at suitable intervals the standards B, supporting on their tops a V-shaped track 0, having its upper outer ends D curved outward, as is plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. On this track 0 is held to travel a ball E, supported in an inverted cup F, having its lower ends extended over themiddle of the ballE.

The opening of the cup F is made sufficiently large to admit the ball E, and when the latter is passed into the cup it is held in place by set-screws G, G, G and G screwing in the cup F, and supporting at their inner concave ends balls I-I, resting on the periphery of the ball E. WVhen the set-screws G and G -are screwed up, so that the balls H rest on the ball E, the latter is securely locked in place in the 'cup F, and as the-said setscrews G and G are below the middle'of the ball E, as shown in Fig. 2, the cup F is free to turn on the ball E, and the latter runs freely in the track 0 and turns in the cup E.

On top of the cup F screws a shank I,-also having a recess in its lower endto receive a ball H, in contact. with the periphery of the ball E. On the shank I is secured a post I,

provided with a central aperture 1*, of sufiicient size to receive any sized handle J, provided with a circular band J, supporting the ladle K, of any approved construction. The handle J is formed on the band J, and is preferably forked, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the operator can take hold of the said handle with bot-h hands, in order to carry the ladle K. The handle J is held in place in the post I by set-screws L, arranged as shown in Fig. 3, and screwing in the post I and against the handle J. Any sized handle J can thus be secured in place in the post I by the set-screws L, and the latter also permit of adjusting the handle J to diiferent radii to pour'into molds located at varying distances from the track, and also serve to adjust for light or heavy loads of molten metal in ladle,

The operation is as follows: When the device is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operator takes hold of the forked handle J and then pushes on the said handle, so that I the ball E travels in the track 0 to the eupola, from which the ladle K is filled with the molten metal in the usual manner. When the ladle is filled, the operator pushes in the opposite direction, so that the ball E travels on its track 0 to the respective mold to be filled. By manipulating the handle J the operator can now conveniently turn the ladle K in any desired direction to pour the metal from the ladle K into the mold. It will be understood. that the ball E, on account of being held firmly in the track 0 and turning loosely in the cup F, permits the latter to turn in any-desired direction, so that the ladle K can be placed directly over the mold, thus permitting of conveniently pouring the metal from the ladle into the mold.

It will further be seen that the molder is enabled,withont any additional help, to carry the molten metal from the cupola to the mold and conveniently pour it in the latter.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Aladle-carrier comprising aball mounted to travel in a track laid in the foundry from the cupola to the molds, and a cup held to turn on the said ball and carrying the ladlesupport,substantially as shown and described.

2. Aladle-carrier comprising ahandle having a forked inner end, a ladle-support between its'ends, an inverted cup at its outer end, and a ball arranged to turn in said cup, substantially as set forth.

3. Aladle-carrier comprisingahandle having a ladle-support, a traveling support for the outer end of thehandle,a post projecting from said support and having an aperture through which said outer end projects, and set-screws-extending through said post into contact with the handle, substantially as set forth.

4. A ladle-carrier comprising ahandle constructed to carry the ladle, a post supporting one end of the said handle, a cup carrying the said post, and a ball mounted to turn in the said cup and traveling on a track, substantially as shown and described.

5. A ladle-carrier comprising a handle constructed to carry the ladle, a post supporting one end of the said handle, a cup carrying the said post, a ball mounted to turn in the said cup, and a track of V shape extending from the cupola to the molds, and in which said ball travels, substantially as shown and described.

JACOB KIJZINGER.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES KITZINGER, CHARLES P. Low. 

